Mertens unexpectedly confidently beat Gauff in the 1/8 finals of the tennis tournament in Beijing

Belgian Eliza Mertens (WTA: 19) confidently knocked out the fourth racket of the planet American Coco Gauffe in the 1/8 finals of the WTA 1000 tournament in Beijing. It's from sb.by.

Before the start of the confrontation, the score of face-to-face meetings was 5: 0 in favor of Gauff. However, in Beijing to achieve another success in the match with Mertens she failed. Eliza dominated in both sets and won with the final figures 6-3, 6-3. One of Koko's weaknesses in the match was serving. She made eight unforced errors (against two at Mertens), and the percentage of hitting the first ball on serve was only 52% (against 60% for the Belgian).

For Eliza, this is the seventh quarterfinal on the “thousanders” in his career, as well as the 15th victory over the representative of the top 10 world rankings.

Mertens will play Iga Swentek (WTA: 9). Polka in the 1/8 finals of Beijing also confidently passed the American Iva Jovic (WTA: 13) with a score of 6:1, 6:3.

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